At the Crossroads of Possibilities. What Social Innovations Against Social, Environmental and Epistemic Injustices?: Revue Canadienne de Recherche sur les OSBL et l'Économie Sociale (ASERJ)

ABSTRACT

[...]in this strong conception of social innovation, the need to co-construct knowledge and practice calls for contributions from researchers to the socio-ecological transition, in a context of epistemic injustice and a current questioning of the role of universities and of knowledge from outside academe. In addition to demonstrating an interest in the transformational potential of social innovations, they reflect a commitment to social debate on the part of their authors, either from a distance or side-byside with the people under observation. In "UK financialization of public service delivery goes global," Leslie Huckfield analyzes reforms to public service in the United Kingdom whose keywords include "impact measurement," "social investment," and "the financialization of social security." Sara Zirari's article is entitled "How can including multiply disabled residents in the process of recruiting professionals contribute to reducing social, symbolic, and epistemic injustices in a specialized care centre?" Her case study is based on participatory action research, in a process that foregrounds social justice (Fraser